{"id":6,"date":"2020-07-29T21:25:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T21:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wisertimemusic.electricvine.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-03-07T15:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:22:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT WISER TIME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carmen Sclafani, professionally known as Wiser Time, is a vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and producer from New Jersey, USA. His work has received recognition for it’s soulful vocals and musical style which consists of concept albums that blend rock, Americana, blues and folk influences. Wiser Time’s debut album was There And Back Again (2006), followed by All For One (2008), Beggars And Thieves (2010), XII (2012) and Within (2017). Following the release of the EP, “Worlds Collide,” in 2020, Wiser Time <\/strong>released the 7-track album titled, “All Fired Up,” in 2024.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Wiser Time was formed in 2001 by singer\/songwriter\/guitarist, Carmen Sclafani, in the small town of Millington, New Jersey, USA, just outside of New York City. He had been working in art and design during the days while performing in coffee-houses and clubs of New Jersey and New York during the evenings, becoming a fixture in the local music scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sclafani wrote and recorded material that would eventually become Wiser Time’s first full-length album, “There And Back Again,<\/strong>“<\/a> in the fall of 2006 with producer Anthony Krizan (Amphibian, Lenny Kravitz, Spin Doctors)<\/em>. The album was received well and radio stations began playing it while Sclafani continued to perform throughout the New Jersey\/New York area, as well as stops across the United States to the California coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wiser Time’s second full-length album, “All For One,<\/strong>“<\/a> was recorded and released on February 1, 2008 and was a raw and emotional album that was heavily influenced by the weight of the times. Jerry Ewing of Classic Rock Magazine wrote, “It’s fluidly enjoyable stuff…rocking hard,<\/em>” * giving the album 7\/10 stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sclafani also spent time exploring some of his earlier folk work, and was inspired to write and record a selection of stripped-down songs including the acoustic ballad, “Looking For Bob Dylan<\/strong>“<\/a> and the emotional “What You Give – Unplugged.<\/strong>“<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n